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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REFILL JACKSON INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$740,341
Total expenses
$750,930
Contributions and grants received
$737,490
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,826
Investment income
$25
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$576,086
Total liabilities, end of year
$585,189
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$9,103
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$552,897
Management and general expenses
$165,324
Fundraising expenses
$32,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$552,897

Program services were 73.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $304,775

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $432,215

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $2,826 · related or exempt $2,826

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25 · excluded $25

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,353 · program services $71,606 · management and general $13,191 · fundraising $4,556

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $310,577 · program services $248,891 · management and general $45,850 · fundraising $15,836

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,309 · program services $45,926 · management and general $8,460 · fundraising $2,923

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,838 · program services $27,117 · management and general $4,996 · fundraising $1,725

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,208 · management and general $61,208

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,174 · program services $9,524 · fundraising $3,650

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,488 · program services $18,138 · management and general $10,617 · fundraising $733

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,394 · program services $18,688 · management and general $844 · fundraising $862

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,019 · program services $3,519 · management and general $215 · fundraising $285

  • 20 · Interest

    total $31,283 · program services $20,635 · management and general $9,186 · fundraising $1,462

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,775 · program services $23,176 · management and general $922 · fundraising $677

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,775 · management and general $9,775

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $62,904 · program services $62,904

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,833 · program services $2,773 · management and general $60

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $39,817 · end of year $70,948

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $82,534 · end of year $56,379

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,216 · end of year $4,771

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $584,747

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $140,759

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $468,763 · end of year $443,988

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,489 · end of year $64,087

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $62,395 · end of year $93,916

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $431,327 · end of year $401,963

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $41,633 · end of year $25,223

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$11,140 · end of year -$18,861

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,626 · end of year $9,758

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER YOUTH BY PROVIDING AN INNOVATIVE AND HOLISTIC JOB TRAINING AND LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM.

  • REFILL JACKSON INITIATIVE (RJI) ENGAGED 30 DISCONNECTED YOUTH (AGES 18-24) IN ITS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS IN 2024, ITS 9 WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM AND ITS 5 MONTH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. RJI HELD 3 COHORTS OF THE 9-WEEK PROGRAM (20-22), AND BEGAN A NEW 5-MONTH PROGRAM, GREEN CORPS, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. THE LAUNCH OF GREEN CORPS, AN AMERICORPS ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM, WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF 2024 - 8 MEMBERS COMPLETED OSHA-10, FIRST AID, CPR, AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING CERTIFICATIONS, AND COMPLETED PARK RESTORATION, TRAIL CLEARING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROJECTS IN WEST JACKSON.RJI'S STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TO DEVELOP STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO EFFECTIVELY MATCH MEMBERS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE PROGRAM, AND TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF REFILL'S PROGRAMMING. THE LOGISTICS OF ACCESSING ANY ONE OF THESE RESOURCES, LET ALONE MULTIPLE, WHILE FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THE SHORT, INTENSIVE PROGRAM MAKE THIS A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT, AND A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARD SELF SUFFICIENCY FOR THE MEMBERS. RJI'S TEAM HAS BECOME PROFICIENT AT COACHING MEMBERS ON OVERCOMING THEIR BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, 84% OF GRADUATES TO DATE REPORT RESOLVING AT LEAST ONE BARRIER TO EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PROGRAM, SUCH AS ACQUIRING VITAL DOCUMENTS, SECURING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, OR OBTAINING NEEDED EYEGLASSES. THIS YEAR RJI HAS ALSO SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN GRADUATES' RATES OF EARNING A NATIONAL CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATE, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 72% EARNING A BRONZE-LEVEL OR HIGHER, A BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR MANY ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS IN THE FIVE HIGH-DEMAND SECTORS IN MISSISSIPPI. RJI'S GRADUATION RATE TO DATE IS 68%.

    Expenses $552,897 · Revenue $2,826

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Catoria Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zakiya Summers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Good

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lesley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Burger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ladarion Ammons

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caitlin Brooking

    SECRETARY/PRES & CEO

    Total calculated
    $96,639
    From this org
    $89,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,286
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Carter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kellye Smith

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • REFILL CAFE LLC

    MS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542829349300144

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